Multiply interwoven fabric for collars and cuffs



" er Nov. 2a, 1922.

FRANK B. TWINING, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GEOL 1?. IDE & COMPANY.INC.,

' or racy, NEW-YORK, A. ooaronsrro'nr or rum;v YORK.

MULTIPLY I lfl"1313133570YEN FABRIC FOR COLLARS AND CUFFS.-

Application filed August 15,1921. Serial No. 492,500.

Tocll whom it mayconcem:

Be itknown that I, FRANK B. Twmmo, a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State 5 of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Multiply InterwovenFabrics for Collars and Cuffs, of which the following is'aspecification.

For many years collars have been made of a plurality of separate pliesand fillers, each aply being out according to the desired-pattern, andthe plies then associated andstitched" together at their edges, so thatthe various piles and fillers are connected to;

gether only at their edges along the lines of stitching. j The neck bandand the fold over top portion of the so called turn down 001- lar arethen connected together by means of rows of stitching. f

This method of manufacturing a collar necessitates many handlings of thevarious plies, consequently there are many manufacturing operationsincident to collars as; heretofore made, each operation adding to thecost of manufacture.

One of the objects of my invention is .to reduce, very materially, thenumber of operations necessar to produce a collar. A further ob ect ofmy invention is to produce a soft fold over collar from a single pieceof multiply propriate thickness or stiffness. A further obi'ect of myinvention is to produce a soft fo d overcollar from a single thicknessof multiply interwoven material of appropriate stiffness or thickness,having a narrow thickenedcross sectional area extending/fnthe directionof the warp threads.

invention consists further of a multi- 40 ply interwoven fabric forh'avin woven therein; additional warp threa s in acoxn'paratively narrowzone.

My'invention consists further .in' a multiply interwoven fabric forcollars and cuffs" consisting of two panels connected inte grally by acomparatively-narrow portion havingan increased number of warp threads.orgthe purposes of illustrating my ininterwoven fabric, of apcollars andcuffs,

" one panel forming the neck portion, another vention have shown thefabric in the drawing as being madein the shape of an elongated stripjust sufficiently Wide to enable one to cut a collar lengthwisetherefrom, but, of course, it will beunderstood thatrthe fabric may bewoven any suitable width from which collars may be out economically.

In the drawings. Figure 1 is a top plan view of' the fabric embodyingmyv invention.

Figure 2 isa vertical section on the line 22 of Figure 1, on a largerscale- The multiply interwoven fabric-is woven according. to the regularpractice now in vogue in weaving multiply interwoyen fabrics, the onlychange in the weaving of the fabric being thatat a predetermined pointthe operatorintroduces a greater number of warp threads for apredetermined width in the formation of the fabric,-whereby the crosssectional area of the fabric is increased in thickness in the directionof the warp threads in a comparatively narrow zone so. that after thecollar is cut from my improved fabric with the panel 1 asthe neck bandand the .panel 2 as the fold over top portion, the increased thickenedzone 3 funcl, tions as 'a guide line for the folding of the collanm Theedgesof the collar, after being cut from'the. fabric, may be finished inany man-' ner found most desirable by the manufacturer. I

I do not claim herein the collar made from the fabric as thatconstitutes the subject matter of another application for atent filed bymeaAugust 15, 1922, Seria No. 492,499. g y WhatIclaimis:" 1 I A multiplyinterwoven fabric for collars-.- comprising panels interwoven in onepiece,

the turn down portion of the collar, and a comparatively narrow zonehaving an'increased number of war threads, the edge of said zonedefininglthe old line of the collar.

In testimon ereof I afiixm si ature. y FRANK nrvt rii rror I

